Dictionary Entry
halt
halt is a 4-letter English word with 17 senses as noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb, adjective, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contraction for holdeth. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 7 · 17 senses
Definitions
- 1
3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contraction for holdeth.
- 2noun
A stop in marching or walking, or in any action; arrest of progress.
- 3intransitive verb
To hold one's self from proceeding; to hold up; to cease progress; to stop for a longer or shorter period; to come to a stop; to stand still.
- 4intransitive verb
To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; to hesitate; to be uncertain.
- 5transitive verb
To cause to cease marching; to stop; as, the general halted his troops for refreshment.
- 6adjective
Halting or stopping in walking; lame.
- 7noun
The act of limping; lameness.
- 8adjective
To walk lamely; to limp.
- 9adjective
To have an irregular rhythm; to be defective.
- 10noun
an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement
"a halt in the arms race"
"a nuclear freeze"
Synonyms
- 11noun
the event of something ending
"it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill"
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- 12noun
the state of inactivity following an interruption
"the negotiations were in arrest"
"held them in check"
- 13verb
stop the flow of a liquid
"staunch the blood flow"
"stem the tide"
- 14verb
cause to stop
"Halt the engines"
"Arrest the progress"
- 15verb
come to a halt, stop moving
"the car stopped"
"She stopped in front of a store window"
Synonyms
- 16verb
stop from happening or developing
"Block his election"
"Halt the process"
- 17adjective
disabled in the feet or legs
"a crippled soldier"
"a game leg"
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